Patrick Cohn

Dr. Patrick Cohn is an expert mental performance coach who has helped athletes for over 30 years enhance their performance. Dr. Cohn earned a master's degree in sports psychology from CSUF and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, specializing in Applied Sports Psychology.

Applying Sports Psychology Strategies is Hard

Sports Psychology

Understanding Mental Toughness Sports psychology experts often talk about the importance of learning mental toughness to improve your performance. However, my 20 years of teaching the sport psychology to students makes me think that understanding mental toughness skills is the easy part. To be successful with mental toughness training, you must learn how to apply … Sport Psychology Article>>

When To Start a Sports Psychology Program?

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What’s the best time to engage in a sports psychology coaching program? Should you start your sport psychology program during in-season when you are competing, off-season, or preseason? My short answer would be that we like to begin our sport psychology programs prior to the start of competition or pre-season. We prefer to cover the … Sport Psychology Article>>

Top Uses of Sports Psychology for Athletes

Sports Psychology

What Are The Top Uses of Sports Psychology? Sports Psychology coaching helps you improve your mental toughness and perform your best in competition. You begin your program by identifying mental roadblocks and learning to the top mental game strategies to boost your performance in sports. This process may also include talking with a coach, parent, … Sport Psychology Article>>

Olympic Athletes Use Sports Psychology

Sports Psychology

Sports Psychology And Elite Athletes Sports psychology has become more accepted and popular for high-level Olympic athletes over the past decade. Elite athletes understand the importance of working with a sports psychologist in order to develop mental toughness and perform their best in competition and learn faster in practice. They know that in order to … Sport Psychology Article>>

How Can Sports Psychology Help?

Sports Psychology

The Benefits of Sports Psychology What kind of results can the typical athlete who receives sports psychology coaching expect to see? Sports psychology and mental toughness coaching is not a one-size-fits-all solution to performance issues in sports.  Results vary from athlete to athlete and are contingent upon factors such as a desire to improve mental … Sport Psychology Article>>